FotB 07 Day 1 - Scratching and Queuing

For me the new "Inspired Sessions" concept worked quite well - although a lot of people returned only minutes before 8pm to the Dome and delayed the start.

Brendan Dawes did his best to match Joshua Davies' performance a few hours ago: he was funny, he was inspiring and he was swearing a lot... :)
In the end I liked JD's session better, but does it matter? No. Still a definite highlight was the live performance of DJ GKUT using Brendan's video scratching application.

The crowd then moved to the Casino at the seafront for the Ocean's-Eleven-Style party. I queued and waited in line getting to know an Italian guy who works in London and an art student from Leeds who had to leave to catch her train. After about an hour, I still wasn't inside the Casino. That's when I left for the Old Ship to have at least a beer with Andrea and Dan, a couple I know from the Hot Shots seminars in London in 2006 - so I can't report anything from the party.

I accept John Davey's apology - he talked to us several times, while we waited in the queue - and I understand that this was probably the Casino's fault, but I'd like to make a suggestion for next year: I think that most attendees don't care for a fancy conference party. Most of us would be happy with a beer and a place to talk to some of the others - which the smarter people did anyway by retreating to the Old Ship or other pubs. Sometimes less is more.

Anyway, a long conference day comes to an end now.